To a self-described "old feminist" such as Hadassah Lieberman, the recent blog-inspired attack against her - all related to husband Joe Lieberman's obstruction of the Democrats' health care agenda - has been a surreal mix of "McCarthyism" and a "snowball fight on the playground." ...more

December 21, 2009

Harry Reid can rightly claim to be making history. If he passes health care reform, he'll depend on a series of historic "firsts." It'd be the first time Congress had passed a major new entitlement program without bipartisan support; it'd be the first time it passed such a program without popular support; and the first time it passed such a program without knowing or particularly caring what's in it. ...more

December 19, 2009

Democratic Sen. Al Franken took the unusual step Thursday of shutting down Sen. Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor. ...more

December 17, 2009

The liberals' longtime dream of a government-run health care system for all died Wednesday in the Senate, but Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont vowed it will return when the realization dawns that private insurance companies "are no longer needed." ...more

December 16, 2009

President Barack Obama is calling Senate Democrats to the White House to say it's time to come together and pass legislation embracing a wholesale remodeling of America's health care system. ...more

December 15, 2009

The end game at hand, Senate Democrats appeared ready to jettison a proposed Medicare expansion from sweeping health care legislation today in a bid to remove the largest remaining obstacle in the way of Christmas-week passage of the measure. ...more

December 14, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Risking the wrath of Democrats, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., threatened today to join Republicans in opposing health care legislation if it permits uninsured individuals as young to 55 to purchase Medicare coverage. ...more

December 13, 2009

Senators trying to craft bipartisan climate legislation offered a revised proposal Thursday that would add incentives for building nuclear power plants and open the way for expanded oil and gas drilling off the nation's coastlines in hopes of attracting wider support. ...more

December 10, 2009

Moderate Senate Democrats threatened today to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend. ...more

November 22, 2009

American lives are worth a lot. So when Americans get killed, it's a big story. There are lots of editorials. Congressmen call for investigations. We want to find out what happened, why it happened and how to make sure it never happens again. ...more

November 12, 2009